You cannot remember Dr. King in January and spend the rest of the year dismembering his legacy. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is the crown jewel achievement of the civil rights movement, without which I literally would not be sitting here with you right now as a United States senator from Georgia. and you would not have a congressional black caucus as large as it is. We wouldn't be living. We wouldn't be living as much as we are into what I see as the creed of this nation. (15:01–15:17)
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Asserts the importance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for civil rights and political representation.
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